How To Install parted on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install parted on Kali Linux.
What is parted
parted is:
GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This package contains the binary and manual page. Further documentation is available in parted-doc.
Parted currently supports DOS, Mac, Sun, BSD, GPT, MIPS, and PC98 partitioning formats, as well as a “loop” (raw disk) type which allows use on RAID/LVM. It can detect and remove ASFS/AFFS/APFS, Btrfs, ext2/3/4, FAT16/32, HFS, JFS, linux-swap, UFS, XFS, and ZFS file systems. Parted also has the ability to create and modify file systems of some of these types, but using it to perform file system operations is now deprecated.
The nature of this software means that any bugs could cause massive data loss. While there are no such bugs known at the moment, they could exist, so please back up all important files before running it, and do so at your own risk.
There are three methods to install parted on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install parted Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install parted using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install partedInstall parted Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install parted using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install partedInstall parted Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install parted using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install partedHow To Uninstall parted on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the parted package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove partedUninstall parted And Its Dependencies
To uninstall parted and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove partedRemove parted Configurations and Data
To remove parted configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge partedRemove parted configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove parted configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge partedDependencies
parted have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install parted package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
